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Real Wheels

(847) 662-7976

Website: realwheels.com

Shelby, this link should take you to Real Wheels and the style hub covers on my coach. One issue I had was with the mounting bracket, the first one was not correct so I had to go back to them. They stood behind their product and sent me new mounting brackets, that worked, at no additional cost.

[Peter]

…and what about Tire Covers for protection from the sun? I know Camping World has them but is there a good, better, best?

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T Kane’s

Tim Kane

575-512-6448

they are the best and are easy to get on and off and you will never loose one all stainless

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Shelby,

I purchased the same Smooth Face Cover-up Hub Covers that are on Jon’s Liberty. Sure do like them and really like the easy way to wipe the wheels clean again.

[Kim]

Maybe I was not clear, I ment the UV protectant material kind, my bad.

[Doug]

Well then,

I use tire covers made by Magna Shade. They cover the rubber of the tire and fold up to about a foot in diameter for storage.

I use the Magnet mounted windshield cover too.

[Ronald]

If wheel c overs for sun protection are so valuable, why do tires get cracks from UV rays on the inside or inside drive axle wheels?

I believe the guy who is promoting Nitrogen for tires sells wheel covers.

[Bill]

I agree with Jon, waste of money, plus the condensation caused by them is hard on the rim shine.

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‘303 Protectant’ has worked for me on all rubber stuff.

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I used to think they were a waste of money until I spent the summer in FL. I only had to set in the sun for about 4 months out of 7 and I bought my first set of tire covers and was glad I did. Did it extend the life of my 2 year old Michelins, who knows, but it felt better.

I had a new cargo trailer parked in the storage lot for the same period of time. At the end of the summer, I hooked to the trailer and realized all 4 wheels had deteriorated rubber center plugs to the point the center of the plugs were gone, cooked from the sun and seeping grease. So now the trailer also has tire covers.

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The tires on trailers should be outlawed because they are of such poor quality. I think if you kept a trailer in a dark warehouse and took a flash photo of the tires, when you turned on the lights the sidewalls would be cracked.

The absolute best protection you can provide your coach tires is frequent use. Get the tires exercised often and the compounds that resist cracking are going to do their job to avoid “dry rot”.

[Peter]

I
really hate to say that I agree with Jon on this because his head will get so
big he cannot get it through the coach door, but he is correct.

Rubber
that is exercised does not ‘weather’ or crack (as bad). This is why I
would rather buy a 15 year-old coach with 200,000 miles than a 15 year-old one with 20,000 as
all the rubber part of the low mileage coach will probably need to be replaced
due to lack of exercise. The rubber that we use is a compound that need
to be flexed to move them itty-bitty molly-cules around, otherwise they line
up in military lines that will separate and ‘crack’.

While
it is all a matter of opinion on the use of tire covers, I used them
religiously on one of my SOB some years back and found that the only thing that
they did was lighten my wallet, and this was in New Mexico (hot dry sun) and
Florida (Hot wet sun) with Michelin tires.